This file will need to be re-applied if/when official patches/updates are released to ensure full compatibility. This is due to the fact that some files which are removed when installing this file are automatically re-installed by Steam when official patches come out.

Some of these changes, ESPECIALLY THE CLUB NAMES, do NOT apply in FM Touch or in existing save-games. There's a workaround for that in the first post.


The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 2020 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed, such as Champions League, Europa League and Premier League displaying instead of EURO Cup, EURO Vase and Premier Division respectively. It will also fix the fact that the German and Japanese National teams don't call up real players and that the Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach managers have fake names. These are all fully save-game compatible.

There is also a club name changes file, which changes the names of clubs in a way which ensures that any nicknames entered in the default database are retained. This file includes the proper names for Brazilian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (including Juventus) and French clubs to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, encompassing most major footballing nations and continents. Brazilian clubs' text colours are also changed through an editor data file. Finally, it includes a small file which corrects the 3-Letter competition names to correspond with any changes made in the lnc files. For all the files in this paragraph to work, however, you will need to start a new game.


Follow the below instructions to install this version of this file

STEP 1.
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2000
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2001
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2010
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2030
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2040
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders

Notes:
\Program Files (x86)\
could be
\Program Files\
depending on your set up.

Mac
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2020 / data / database / db / 2000 
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2020 / data / database / db / 2001 
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2020 / data / database / db / 2010 
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2020 / data / database / db / 2030 
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2020 / data / database / db / 2040 
DELETE the dbc , edt and lnc folders

You can find these folders by clicking, in the Finder, the Go menu in the menu bar, then choose Go to Folder and type the folder path name (obviously inserting your username), then click Go.

You can get to the Library folder by simply selecting Go from the top bar and holding "alt" key - The Library folder suddenly appears on the drop down

For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.

For those struggling to find the Steam and Steam Apps folder etc using Mac with the new OS High Sierra, this link below shows how you can unhide your Library folder which will then let you find the other folders.

Slightly more detail in this post



STEP 2:
COPY the dbc, edt and lnc folders from the downloaded pack

STEP 3:
PASTE them into each of your respective folders mentioned in step 1.

These are what the respective folder structures should look like in the 2040 folder:

dbc: https://i.imgur.com/je40Ajx.png
dbc/permanent: https://i.imgur.com/1FH8ABp.png
edt/permanent: https://i.imgur.com/aat5BqX.png
lnc: https://i.imgur.com/a87Z77C.png

STEP 4:
COPY the 8 files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder in the downloaded pack

STEP 5
PASTE to
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\editor data

\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\\GAMEPASS\editor data



Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:

Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 2020’


This should be what your editor data folder looks like now. There may initially be a config.xml file in this folder and it can be safely overwritten; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.

https://i.imgur.com/u8XTmoc.png



To make sure the files have been applied correctly, go to the Champions Cup and EURO Vase in your saved game, and they should be renamed to Champions League and Europa League respectively. If you are in the middle of a save-game, Japanese national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not immediately. Do keep in mind that this file does not add Japan-based players, who are not in the official database and will need a third-party add-on to be created and added.

Club names are only changed if you apply the editor data files before starting a new game. For a workaround if you've already started a new save-game, then please read the opening post of this thread.
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e$kOb@r
10 years ago
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mons
17 years ago
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Remove the FM Scout files. Fixes like these used at the same time can overlap, overwrite and mess each other up, as you have probably released now you've removed the screenshots

It will run fine: https://imgur.com/a/MFc3ezQ
e$kOb@r
10 years ago
2 days ago
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Remove the FM Scout files. Fixes like these used at the same time can overlap, overwrite and mess each other up, as you have probably released now you've removed the screenshots

It will run fine: https://imgur.com/a/MFc3ezQ


I deleted because it did something wrong with the imgur link and the images didn't show.
Now it should be better.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/AEJZBFrbphYj2iEATnh5R4qPmBiHVQT9YfHcsKbb.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/tzjXxDyPWRBDrXwTquAl5gKNJ8hUc40MqRBqtE89.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/qW1uC8TwCtV11aaa7x5lcq3OtxSbg2Da7wK582yR.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/pNF4BBpWy3SzwGbCzP2UtVA8tSPd6o6MsdwSyJOv.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/pk6T2GER9FCPuBKMPFu1bbe0ORt7tEGAO49LkxWj.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/U6IIt2RxNQWpwXlKzh9gPSLongF7gFxZVnCvNK1Q.png
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/BPv3T7dW04IzVu6y9cUnNXM1KjNhYUWPG6kj3NqP.png

The 1 & 2 Bundesliga teams are perfectly displayed, if it's possible I would like the same for all teams.
mons
17 years ago
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e$kOb@r
10 years ago
2 days ago
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I deleted all FM Scout files, now all Bundesliga names are even shorter.
Is it possible to set all clubs to their real full names? In all screens ( club selection, league table, team screen etc...)?

Now VFB Stuttgart is only Stuttgart, 1. FC Köln is only Köln...
I'm terribly sorry but that is not correct.
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,281
I deleted all FM Scout files, now all Bundesliga names are even shorter.
Is it possible to set all clubs to their real full names? In all screens ( club selection, league table, team screen etc...)?

Now VFB Stuttgart is only Stuttgart, 1. FC Köln is only Köln...
I'm terribly sorry but that is not correct.

To do the bit in bold you need to edit the editor data file and copy the long name text field into the short name text field. Alternatively, you can choose not to use the German club name changes file or delete it altogether, that's the reason why it's in a separate file to other club name changes

Like I explained earlier, the game has two different names for two different types of screens, and this is for stylistic purposes and also for reasons of space. There are instances when the game mentions Stuttgart and others VfB Stuttgart. It's all there in the lnc file and in the screenshot I posted earlier showing the different correct names in different screens iirc I had help from the official German researchers in devising the correct names, so I'm fairly sure everything is pretty much as it should be.
Qvordrup
16 years ago
2 hours ago
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#Bulgaria
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500000 "efbet League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500000 "Първа лига" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500118 "Second Professional Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500118 "Втора лига" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7509144 "Iztochna B Professional Football Group" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7509144 "Iztochna B PFG" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7509145 "Zapadna B Professional Football Group" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7509145 "Zapadna B PFG" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 150912 "Third Amateur Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 150912 "Трета лига" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500138 "Jugoiztochna Amateur Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500138 "Jugoiztochna V AFL" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500139 "Jugozapadna Amateur Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500139 "Jugozapadna V AFL" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500140 "Severoiztochna Amateur Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500140 "Severoiztochna V AFL" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500141 "Severozapadna Amateur Football League" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500141 "Severozapadna V AFL" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7500078 "Kupa na Bŭlgariya" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7500078 "Kupa Bŭlgariya" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7504886 "Superkupa na Bŭlgariya" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7504886 "Superkupa Bŭlgariya" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7502598 "Kup na Suvetskata Armiya" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7502598 "Kup Suvetskata Armiya" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 22073058 "Kupa na Bŭlgariya U18" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 22073058 "Kupa Bŭlgariya U18" ""

This is the best compromise I could come up with. So this is kept in english but with some of the short names in bulgarian. Beside it being a compromise between english and bulgarian I think it is correct
e$kOb@r
10 years ago
2 days ago
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To do the bit in bold you need to edit the editor data file and copy the long name text field into the short name text field. Alternatively, you can choose not to use the German club name changes file or delete it altogether, that's the reason why it's in a separate file to other club name changes

Like I explained earlier, the game has two different names for two different types of screens, and this is for stylistic purposes and also for reasons of space. There are instances when the game mentions Stuttgart and others VfB Stuttgart. It's all there in the lnc file and in the screenshot I posted earlier showing the different correct names in different screens iirc I had help from the official German researchers in devising the correct names, so I'm fairly sure everything is pretty much as it should be.


Yes, I made it work!
Thanks for all the help!
Qvordrup
16 years ago
2 hours ago
137,127
#Bulgaria

"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 22014984 "Regional Amateur Football Groups" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 22014984 "RFG" ""
Kez21
4 years ago
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mons
17 years ago
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Kez21
4 years ago
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Im saying Im keen like lets do this cant wait ti fire up fm
Marko12101983
6 years ago
14 hours ago
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That looks fine. And you have changed your preferences to look like this, right?


Yes. I don't know what is wrong then...
mons
17 years ago
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Yes. I don't know what is wrong then...

Can I have a screenshot of your preferences then? Just to be sure.
Marko12101983
6 years ago
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Can I have a screenshot of your preferences then? Just to be sure.


Just the interface?
mons
17 years ago
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The same section in my screenshot, yeah.
Marko12101983
6 years ago
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The same section in my screenshot, yeah.


ASAP...
mons
17 years ago
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I PMed you btw, if you want to hurry this up
Marko12101983
6 years ago
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mons
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Marko12101983
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Those are SS kits. Btw, they work for me in FM2019 but not in FM2020. I'm furious...
olivers
6 years ago
4 months ago
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Hello All,

i have updated the files now. But in my existing Savegame there is the Problem... that Juventus still called Zebre.
How can i change this in this savegame??
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,281
Hello All,

i have updated the files now. But in my existing Savegame there is the Problem... that Juventus still called Zebre.
How can i change this in this savegame??

I already answered you here

These files should have been applied before starting a new game, since the only way to change the Juventus name after starting a career is to use an in-game editor.
olivers
6 years ago
4 months ago
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I cant find the in-game editor... where it is?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
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I cant find the in-game editor... where it is?

It's DLC, meaning you have to buy it on Steam. Or look online to see if there are any free alternatives. Google is your friend. I'm not even sure it can be done with an in-game editor, but I suspect so.
Marko12101983
6 years ago
14 hours ago
264
@mons Do I need to install the latest fix file?
mons
17 years ago
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@mons Do I need to install the latest fix file?

You don't need to, but it's got a few, relatively minor, changes from the previous version you may want to have.
Marko12101983
6 years ago
14 hours ago
264
You don't need to, but it's got a few, relatively minor, changes from the previous version you may want to have.


Take a look at this link. It's very interesting.

Your text to link here...
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
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Take a look at this link. It's very interesting.

Your text to link here...

What am I supposed to be seeing?

Have you tried using the SS kit files that I sent you? They work even without this fix installed.
olivers
6 years ago
4 months ago
4
Is here anyone who can help?

How can i change a Club Name in an existing Savegame??? There is no way with In Game Editor and also no way with FMRTE ...

I want to change the Name of Zebre to Juventus F.C

I have installed the Real Name fix... but Savegame started before ...

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